Eddie Cameron

Born April, 22, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the Washington and Lee fullback from 1921 to 1924, Eddie Cameron. Cameron was the spark plug of his team. The FootballFoundation.org shares a story of the 1923 between the W&L Generals and arch rival Virginia. Eddie was not present at kick off due to attending his mother’s funeral back in Pennsylvania.  The two teams slugged it out to a halftime scoreless tie. The home crowd went wild when Cameron came racing out to the field before the second half kickoff. The guy travelled by train throughout the night and while an awaiting car sped him from the station to the field he was throwing on his football uniform in a car!. On a fourth quarter series, Cameron carried the ball on 10 of 11 General plays, bucking for short yardage which netted the only score of the game as W&L won, 7-0. General coach Jimmie DeHart called it the greatest performance by a fullback he had ever seen, and it was typical of Cameron's career. The next season in 1924 he ended up in a tie for the national scoring title. The National Football Foundation selected Eddie Cameron for entrance into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976. After school was completed Cameron became the backfield coach at Duke University.  Later on he then became the head coach of the Blue Devils and posted 25 victories in 36 games before becoming the Athletic Director at Duke University.

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